Safe. Warm. Caring. Nurturing. Stimulating. Young Children's Center for the Arts.

We will be hosting two open houses this fall prior to enrollment starting.  The first open house will be at YCCA (929 S.Water st.) on October 8th from 5:30-6:30pm.  We will have another open house at YCCAon2 (1714 S 2nd St) on October 10th from 5:30-6:30pm.  Please email admin@yccaphilly.org to RSVP.

OUR MISSION

  • Enrich the lives of children from twelve months through kindergarten through participation in the creative and fine arts. We accomplish this by:
  • Providing a structured creative arts curriculum within an enhanced daycare environment.
  • Children’s motor, language, emotional and cognitive skills are developed through music, art and movement.
    Each time ideas are presented through a different art form, learning becomes reinforced, and children’s expressive abilities are enhanced.

Young Children’s Center for the Arts is one of the few preschool programs in our area that not only accepts, but embraces, children with pervasive developmental disabilities in an inclusion program.

YCCA offers both full-time and part-time preschool programs.

YCCA and YCCAon2 follow the PA Department of Human Services regulations.

Enrollment

Our Application for the 2025-2026 school year will go live on our website on 10/31/24 at 10:00am.  YCCA operates on a first come, first serve basis.  Enrollment decisions will go out in January 2025.

Young Children’s Center for the Arts

YCCA, located in Philadelphia, is a creative arts EARLY CHILDHOOD center for preschool children.

Young Children’s Center for the Arts, Inc. is a nonprofit, licensed, nonsectarian childcare facility that has served the needs of more than 5,000 people in our Philadelphia community since 1987. Our diverse population represents children from every neighborhood throughout Philadelphia and its surrounding suburbs.